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Emilia Dahlin

On the heels of her international tour, Emilia Dahlin is back on home turf. In 2009, Emilia released her awaited forthcoming CD, played a coveted opening slot for Ani DiFranco and in the peak of a booming music career left almost everything (work, house, home, and beloved dog) to embark on a year-long global journey of service and learning that would focus her interests in emergent and ancient trends in regenerative culture. Over the last 11 months, Emilia traveled to the favelas of Sao Paolo, to Death Valley, to the North Sea to write and share songs. Now she's arrived home with new sounds and stories to offer. Emilia earned the title of Maine's Best Female Vocalist from 2005 until 2007 and Best Songwriter in 2006. Most recently, she took home first place in the folk/Americana songwriting competition at the 2010 Boston Music Conference. Her weaving of a historian's imagination with a troubadour's artistry offers an American original sound that blends vintage jazz, the tang of a Tom Waitsian waltz and the somber grit of a low tide lullaby. Think superstar songwriting sensibilities that balance the smooth of Norah Jones and the groove of Django Reinhardt. Part of the proceeds from the evening will support Poesia Audiovisual, the non-profit project that Emilia collaborated with while in Brazil.Warming up the stage for Emilia's homecoming performance is the jazz/groove sensation, Ahmad Hassan Muhammad Trio.